Professor Sir John Baker FBA

Law
Fellow type
UK Fellow
Year elected
1984
Subjects
Law
Sections
Law

Current post

Emeritus Downing Professor of the Laws of England, University of Cambridge

Past appointments

University of Cambridge Downing Professor of the Laws of England

1998 -

University of Cambridge Emeritus Downing Professor of the Laws of England, University of Cambridge

1998 -

University of Cambridge Professor of English Legal History

1988 - 1998

University of Cambridge Reader in English Legal History

1983 - 1988

Publications

Introduction to English legal history 1971

The legal profession and the common law 1987

The English legal tradition 2001

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